Natel Energy

Alameda, CA · Founded 2009 · Privately Held (backing)

Developer of hydropower systems intended to solve the problems inhibiting hydropower. Natel Energy is based in Alameda, CA and was founded in 2009. It was valued at $28.2 million at its later-stage round in Jul 2025, the last priced event on record. It has raised $132 million across 4 recorded rounds; the latest was a $7.7 million early-stage round in Jul 2020.

PMV mark · valuation
$28.2M
Oct 2026
Priced at
its later-stage round
Jul 2025
Total raised
$131.7M
Last round
Early Stage VC
Jul 2020

Natel Energy key facts

as of Oct 2026
  • Developer of hydropower systems intended to solve the problems inhibiting hydropower.
  • Natel Energy is valued at approximately $28.2M as of Oct 2026, set at its later-stage round, Jul 2025; nothing has traded since, per PrivateMarketView’s mark.
  • It has raised $131.7M across 4 recorded rounds; the latest was Early Stage VC ($7.7M) in Jul 2020.
  • Notable investors include U.S. Department of Energy, Breakthrough Energy, Emerson Collective, Chevron Technology Ventures, SE Ventures — 19 tracked in total.
  • Natel Energy has filed 5 Form Ds with the SEC since 2015, most recently Dec 2022 ($30.6M sold to 9 investors).
  • Status: Privately Held (backing).
PrivateMarketView mark
LOW confidence
$28.2M

Valued at $28.2M at its later-stage round, Jul 2025. Nothing has traded since.

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Natel Energy funding rounds

4 rounds
Jul 2020Early Stage VC$7.7MSEC filing▮
Aug 2019Early Stage VC$30.6MSEC filing▮
May 2017Early Stage VC$11.8MSEC filing▮
Mar 2015Early Stage VC$7.0MSEC filing▮

Natel Energy valuation

Natel Energy was valued at $28.2 million at its later-stage round in Jul 2025. That is the last priced event on record: no secondary trade or institutional fund mark has moved the figure since.

How much has Natel Energy raised?

Natel Energy has raised $132 million in total; 4 of its rounds are on record, from 2015 on. The largest on record was a $7.7 million early-stage round in Jul 2020.

Natel Energy has filed 5 Form Ds with the SEC since 2015, most recently in Dec 2022 ($30.6 million sold to 9 investors).

Natel Energy investors

19 investors are on record for Natel Energy, including U.S. Department of Energy, Breakthrough Energy, Emerson Collective and Chevron Technology Ventures. The early-stage round in Jul 2020 drew 6 investors.

About Natel Energy

Developer of hydropower systems intended to solve the problems inhibiting hydropower. The company's products utilize new technology to generate renewable electricity from existing dams, irrigation canals, rivers, and other low-head hydro resources, providing safe fish passage, reducing costs for civil works, forecasting water flow and power generation, enabling clients to have cost-effective production of low-impact, distributed baseload energy.

Sector
Energy
HQ
Alameda, CA, United States
Founded
2009
Employees
38
Ownership
Privately Held (backing)

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